Taxpayers charged £1.8 BILLION for these 50 charities

The latest total from my charity spending audit

Readers may know that I keep detailed audits on charity spending in my Resources section (available to Paid Subscribers):

List of ALL taxpayer-funded charities (so far)

I have recently updated my list of ALL taxpayer-funded charities and the total comes to a huge £1.8 BILLION!

Bear in mind that this accounts for 50 charities alone (over the last five tax years) and there are over 170k in total registered on the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

I have been dividing charity spending by theme, including asylum and migration…

List of taxpayer-funded charities (asylum and migration)

… think tanks…

List of taxpayer-funded charities (think tanks)

… and the arts:

List of taxpayer-funded charities (the arts)

Other resources include:

• The 10 most expensive Foreign Office grants in 2023–24

• List of countries that can vote in UK elections

• The Red-Green alliance: how the British Left organises

Remember this when the Government next brings up “austerity”!

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From 2024:

There was no austerity